I am a graduate student in the VCU School of Life Sciences and Sustainability where I’m focused on bringing my project management, data analytics, and leadership experience to the fields of environmental conservation and research.

I am also a grants administration professional with experience applying for and managing grant-funded research from a variety of federal, foundation, and industry sponsors. In addition to my grants background, I bring several years of experience in reporting and data analytics, supporting strategic decision-making and program evaluation.

Recent Projects

Geomorphology, Quarries, and Mines of the Arvari Watershed and Its Community Water Structures A map of the Arvari watershed in northern India highlighting the watershed’s geomorphology, the importance of the Aravari Mountains, the location of over 400 community water structures such as johads and anicuts, and the location of its quarries and mines. This project was completed in April 2026 for URSP 515 Watershed Planning and Governance. This map is one element of a larger geo-cultural mapping project undertaken for the Arvari watershed.

Ground Truthing the uLESA Model: Site suitability field assessment for urban agriculture - Oakwood Park A field assessment of the uLESA model completed in November 2025 for ENVS 521 Introduction to Geographic Information Systems. This field assessment reviews a location in Richmond (Oakwood Park) that received a high site suitability score using the uLESA model and assesses the site’s potential for an urban agriculture project.

Urban Land Evaluation and Site Assessment (uLESA) Overlay Analysis for Richmond, VA A methods brief and resulting maps describing the use of uLESA overlay analysis to assess site suitability for urban agriculture projects in the Richmond area. The method takes into account both equity and climate resiliance as well as standard agricultural and natural characteristics of site. This method is described by Hastings et al in their 2025 Sustainable Cities and Society article. This methods brief and overlay analysis were completed in November 2025 for ENVS 521 Introduction to Geographic Information Systems.

GRTC New Transit Stops Public Service Announcement A demonstration of using General Transit Feed Specification (GTFS) data in ArcGIS Pro to create a layout proposing new transit stops for the Richmond GRTC bus system. This example was created in February 2026 for URSP 625 Spatial Database Management and GIS Modeling.

(Shiny app) Curricular Linguistic Networks of Virginia Environmental Undergraduate Programs An interactive application published in December 2025 for visualization of the network topology of Virginia undergraduate environmental degree programs. Allows the user to modify the stringency of covariance among the degree programs and see how the underlying connectivity changes as it is made either more lax or more stringent.

(Github repository) Linguistic Covariance and Network Structure in Virginia Environmental Undergraduate Degree Programs A text analysis project completed as part of my graduate studies with Dr. Rodney Dyer between August and December 2025. The goal of this project was to linguistically map Virginia undergraduate environmental degree programs by using R to parse and pre-process the programs’ course description texts via a weighted frequency analysis and then mapping the relationships between degree programs based on shared linguistic structures of the required courses.

Wildfire & High-Elevation Streams: Uncovering short-term hidden impacts on stream-riparian food webs A lesson on stastistical significance versus ecological relevance, linear mixed-effect models, and the impacts of wildfire on stream-riparian food webs completed for ENVS 603 Environmental Research Methods in May 2025.

Foraging Behaviors of Enhydra lutris A data wrangling and anlaysis project completed for ENVS 343 Environmental Data Literacy in April 2024.